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Quitting Smoking – Not on a Lighthouse!

July 11, 2012cigarettes, lighthouse, litehouse, McInnes, pulteney, smoking, tobaccoAdult Memories, Boats, British Columbia, Groceries & Mail, Helicopters, Keepers, Lighthouses, On The Job, WeatherretlkprLeave a Comment

I was a smoker when I arrived on my first lighthouse at Pulteney Point in December 1969. I was twenty-two (22) years old, married, with no children when I arrived. My wife, Karen, and I had never had to order supplies for a month. Our first order was loaded with chocolate bars and stuff we […]

The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men . . .

December 12, 2011Green Island, lighthouse, litehouse, seaplane, tobacco, windAdult Memories, Groceries & Mail, Humour, Incidents, Keepers, Lighthouses, Old Website, On The Job, SeaplanesretlkprLeave a Comment

With credit to Robbie Burns for the title quote I will tell a tale of woe that I heard many years ago about the Green Island lightkeepers and how they had run out of tobacco (a common occurence on the lighthouses) and the keepers had pooled their money to charter a float plane from Prince Rupert, 25 […]